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Hi Tracy
Thanks. I think he enjoys this game.
Today we did the Out and also the serp concept transfer again. I think the out went well. He did better coming with me for more reps for the out. I went too long for the serp exercise but he seemed happy. I was going to try removing the hand target when I realized how long we went. I know the toy play adds time and does make it longer but need to make sure I don’t over do it with him.

Question for retrieving. Dublin loves to retrieve his tugs but the harder items all of a sudden he is having trouble. I question if it is his teeth since he is losing more. Is it common for the to retrieve one type of toy but not others. Might be something I am doing.

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. We did go outside. It was warmer than I thought it would be lol. I think it went well. I believe my lack of connection with him/looking at the cone is the cause for the miss.

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. Yes this was the 1st time he wrapped those cones. Do you think I am good to move outside and further apart?

I will try those things for the back up. I figured we had issue with the planks and thought about sitting down. I went back to earlier set up to make easier since we seemed off.
No training yesterday or today since I am volunteering at my clubs agility trial.

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Thanks Tracy.

Today we tried the rocking horse with my new cones. Sorry not the best video since missing my face. Some good but then I lost him after he hit the cone.
Also tried some backing up to a different set up. It didn’t go as well. I went back to the other pads instead.

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Hi Tracy

For the out is there anything else I need to do differently to get the non out? I realized I had used his name and shouldn’t have. Tried to catch myself on other reps. I need to see if I do that with Brighton too. Using the off arm seemed different for me so I am sure I was concentrating on that too.

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Thanks Tracy
I will figure out if I want to get the cones or more pop up barrels.

Today I redid the Shpile after securing the cato tippy board more. Hopefully this is more what we want. I also did one and done on the supported wobble board. Then go out and a treat scatter. I forgot to do that straight call to me and added a little late so that was challenging for him but all my fault.

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. I will try the one rep with the wobble board and cato tippy plank. I am assuming just do one or the other? Would I do it every couple days or daily? The good news is he still loves my bigger teeter type board. As the weather gets better I can go outside with my actual teeter. It has a chain to adjust to the ground.

For the cones. Would 28 inches be ok? Has anyone used those collapsible ones? I was going to buy those for another fitness exercise for that older dogs. My vet suggested them for rear independent leg lifts.

How do you use the fresh pet as reward? I had thought about freezing some in my larger dot pans.

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Hi Tracy
Today we worked on back up and some Shpile. Lol love that word btw. Dublin seems to be having issues with things like my tip board and wobble board all of a sudden. It seemed to happen after we used them in my one in person class. Thinking it is the noise more than motion. I tried the tippy board this time and not sure I should have.

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Hi Tracy

Thanks. I will try this for sure. Heck I need chocolate just to start my taxes 😂

For moments when he is caught in a distraction, to start the pattern game you can move him away, show a good cookie (put it on his nose to help break through the challenge he is having), then toss it. It might feel like bit of lure but it completely designed to help him out in moments where he might not know what to do. (I mean, I would personally love it if someone put a chocolate chip cookie on my nose to help redirect me when I am freaking over doing my taxes hahahaha)

Here in this edition of Supersized, the games are released every 2 weeks so you are stuck with me for another 12 weeks!!

Yay!! Happy to have you.not sure how I mixed that up 🤣. I got bad news last night and the funding for the work is pushing my start to the beginning of May. Your reply here made that bad news more tolerable for sure. Thrilled to be working with you for another 12 weeks 🤗

Rocking horses:I am so happy to hear your feedback. I felt good about that game and he seemed to catch on so quickly. Then again we have seen he like to wrap 🤣. For taking it outside I will really have to weigh those down. Would switching to cones be option or are we wanting to keep with bigger items due to his age and size?

So for tossed treats, will his kibble bounce less and not need chewing? If the kibble will still be unpredictable, we can go with a stay and either the toy or the pumpkin treats (or any treat since it is not being thrown)

I have switched his food off of kibble since we had so much trouble with his stomach. I can try some other treats too if you want me to go back and forth with the stay and toss. I will definitely work the stay with a catch. He seems to like that. He doesn’t seem to be a dog that gets overly excited with a start. His release isn’t terribly explosive lol. Should I move on to next steps or toy on ground for him?

But he was tugging like a beast 🙂 so I guess his mouth doesn’t hurt too much or he just really loves tugging (or both!)

I think he likes to tug. Later after this I played fetch with new harder toy. He didn’t want to pick it up

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. I thought he was doing really well in class too. I will for sure have her toss the toy next time and try the pattern game when things like that happen. So do I just try to get his focus for a minute then start in? Guess I am not sure on how I interrupt him.

Fun to see the next games. Sad that these are the end of Max 1. Will you be doing two soon? I saw 3 in an email and on FB. I have really enjoyed the class. I don’t think I had mentioned I was laid off right before it started and this has made my time off so much more enjoyable. I was supposed to start new job today but they pushed it out to next Monday. The good news is I have more time this week to play the last games with Dublin.

Today we tried the Rocking horse game which I thought went really well and also the strike a pose concept transfer. That was more challenging. 1st I had issues trying to figure how to set up and video for you. Sorry not the best. I also found the cookie toss harder. Dublin is eating those pumpkin treats and they were not breaking well 🙄. I tried one last set with a stay and toy.overall I thought it went ok but know I need to work on some things. I noticed I kept pointing my feet wrong so will have to fix that too. Afterwards I played a little longer and found one of is teeth is very loose. Poor pup can’t win with food or toys today.

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. I will work on that. I did try a stay outside the ring before class and he didn’t do as well. Thinking I need to work the stays in more locations a little too. Sorry no video of that.

Yesterday was in person class. We tried some tunnel work and pattern game. You will love his accidental wing wrap. Already starting with my handling errors 🙄. At the end he was a little unsure about cart in the ring.

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. For the stay with toy should I click or not use clicker for that anymore either? And I assume I don’t move yet. Just maybe count in head to 2 or 3 then increase duration?
RC would the next step be adding prop target?

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. I will look to see what I have.
I am having a hard time with posting. The site keeps erroring out. Finally got it to stop I think by closing and reopening.
Today I did two sessions. Debated not posting part since my head wasn’t showing 🥲. We did some alternate RC, combos, rotated sends and some stats

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Thanks Tracy. Any chance you have a picture of an example of it raised? I am not sure I have anything as big as that mat. I do have feet for my box to raise it off the ground. I have large running dog walk mats that I can raise up easily.

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Hi Tracy
I tried the mat with the toys. Afterwords I realized the mat was closer than you had suggested. Hopefully I got the basics down. I think we have Dublins tummy worked out better which is good since he lost one tooth during this tug 😮

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